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PAYETTE COUNTY â As reported Friday by the Lewiston Tribune, week 16 of the 2021 Idaho legislative session saw some controversy in the form of the suspension and subsequent resignation of Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, R-Lewiston, following a House Ethics Committee investigation into rape allegations brought against him by a 19-year-old legislative intern. Otherwise, the session continues as the Legislature works to hammer out the stateâs budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
As pointed out by attorney Jeremy Pisca of Risch Pisca PLLC in a news release Friday, the Idaho Constitution requires the Legislature present a balanced budget âand the session cannot conclude until every budget is set.â College and university budgets, as well as those for K-12 schools, are back to the House of Representatives as of Friday following the defeat of their previous versions earlier in the session.
Politics Idaho legislators put off budgeting. Now, the state risks a partial shutdown
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BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) Gov. Brad Little’s budget chief is worried that the length of the ongoing Idaho legislative session could lead to a partial government shutdown.
The budget delay might threaten the state’s ability to have a budget in place in time to make payroll starting in June, Division of Financial Management Administrator Alex Adams told the Idaho Capital Sun in a telephone interview Wednesday.
The immediate concern is how to pay and keep Idaho State Police, corrections, courts and other first responders working, Adams said.
Good news came out of Olympia last week, as well as Boise more than two weeks ago. COVID-19 vaccine availability has increased to the point where basically anyone who needs to get the jab can. Itâs paid for as well, so in order to do my part to get back to normal â and I mean REAL normal â I… More Headlines
PAYETTE COUNTY â A bill fighting back against federal actions, another fighting for legal industrial hemp and a passionate speech about highlighted the return of the Idaho Legislature to the Statehouse this week. As the Legislature got underway Tuesday after a two-week pause due to a COVID-19 outbreak, Rep. Ben Adams, R-Nampa, kicked off proceedings by pleading with his fellow lawmakers not to give into federal actions by the Biden Administration in exchange for federal money as reported by the Idaho Statesman.
Otherwise, there was no shortage of new bills and other business for lawmakers to comb through this week.Â
Following are examples of bills introduced this week.